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    Joseph Poelaert (21 March 1817 – 3 November 1879) was a Belgian architect. He was entrusted with important projects in Brussels, such as Saint Catherine's...
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    of January 1855, the theatre was reconstructed after the designs of Joseph Poelaert within a period of fourteen months. The auditorium (with 1,200 seats)...
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    jurisdiction), and the Bar Association of Brussels. Designed by the architect Joseph Poelaert, in an eclectic style of Greco-Roman inspiration, to replace an older...
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    Saint Catherine. The current church was designed by the architect Joseph Poelaert and built between 1854 and 1874 on the site of a basin of the former...
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    Louise-Marie, wife of King Leopold I, to the design of the architect Joseph Poelaert. Pope Pius XI granted a decree of pontifical coronation towards the...
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    of Belgium, Charles Rogier, according to a design by the architect Joseph Poelaert. At the top of the column is a statue of Belgium's first monarch; King...
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  • The Poelaert family is a Brussels bourgeois family famous for its architects and sculptors. Its most notable member is Joseph Poelaert, architect of the...
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    the Bar of Brussels. The Foundation bears the name of the architect Joseph Poelaert. It aims to ensure respect for the Brussels Palace of Justice. The...
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    included King Leopold II and Empress Carlota of Mexico. The architect was Joseph Poelaert, designer of the famed Brussels' Palace of Justice. The church contains...
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    Leopold II, the style can be seen in the Palais de Justice (designed by Joseph Poelaert) and the Cinquantenaire. Nevertheless, Brussels became one of the major...
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    building (1873) and the Palace of Justice (1883). The latter, designed by Joseph Poelaert, in eclectic style, is reputed to be the largest building constructed...
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    Israeli architect Claude Strebelle (1917–2010), architect and builder Joseph Poelaert (date unknown): New building of St. Catherine's Church, Brussels. Jean-Frédéric...
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    (1855–1929) was a distinguished Belgian architect, who collaborated with Joseph Poelaert and Henry Van de Velde. 1919: Commander of the Order of Leopold. "Dario...
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    Brussels Fire Department was built between 1859 and 1860 by the architect Joseph Poelaert in eclectic style. Decommissioned in 1982 during the relocation of...
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    Hansotte Church of St. John and Nicholas in Schaerbeek (1847–50) 1849 Joseph Poelaert Poelaert was an eclectic architect who has some neoclassical achievements...
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    designed by Henri Van Dievoet (1869–1931), a nephew of the architect Joseph Poelaert, in an eclectic Beaux-Arts style, mixing borrowings from the Louis...
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    were based on those of the Law Courts of Brussels, Belgium, work of Joseph Poelaert. However, it lacks the dome of its Belgian counterpart. "Palacio en...
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    designing the 1842 tomb of Napoleon at Les Invalides. His students include Joseph Poelaert, designer of the Palais de justice de Bruxelles. Louis Visconti came...
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    the then-Minister of Justice Victor Tesch appointed the architect Joseph Poelaert to draw plans of the building in 1861. The first stone was laid on...
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    18.424992749502955°E / 43.856894512290964; 18.424992749502955 Construction started 1901 (1901) Design and construction Architect(s) Joseph Poelaert...
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    the grandson of Eugene van Dievoet and Hortense Poelaert (sister of the famous architect Joseph Poelaert). After studying at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts...
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    14 July, Lequime family. 1776, 8 February, Héger family. 1782, 8 April, Poelaert family. 1783, 12 February, de Voghel family (House of Serhuyghs). 1785...
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    southern entrance to the central path was designed by the architect Joseph Poelaert in 1857 and executed in 1858, before being moved further north in 1904–1908...
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    singer, with a work by sculptor Guillaume Geefs Joseph Poelaert (1817–1879), architect Louis-Joseph Seutin (1793–1862), surgeon Léon Suys (1823–1887)...
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    Représentants. Bouré's portrait busts of notable Belgians include Joseph Poelaert, the architect of the Palais de Justice; the surgeon and iodotherapist...
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    inaugurated in the middle of the square. It was designed by the architect Joseph Poelaert and the sculptor Charles-Auguste Fraikin. In 1869, a new South Station...
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    miniature circa 1854. Hortense Poelaert (1815–1900), wife of Eugène van Dievoet I (1804–1858), sister of the architect Joseph Poelaert (portrait by Ignace Brice...
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  • Etterbeek –1905), painter and sculptor Joseph Noiret (1927–2012), painter, writer and poet Joseph Poelaert (1817–1879), architect, author of the Palais...
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    Belgian architect of the younger generation such as Hendrik Beyaert, Joseph Poelaert and Alphonse Balat. Through his teaching he deeply influenced later...
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  • influenced by Jacques-Louis David. Hortense Poelaert (1815-1900), sister of the architect Joseph Poelaert and wife of Eugène van Dievoet (1804-1858),...
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